Design Inspiration : Derek Bacon

I came across Derek Bacon's work in Computer Arts magazine a couple of years ago. He is a photo montage artist and Photoshop is one of his tools of choice.

I imagine that many of the pictures start out as fairly mundane scenes of ordinary life but they are transformed into something very special in the hands of this artist. Bright colours light up drab scenes and give a whole new meaning to the image. Check out his portfolio here for some design inspiration!

Photoshop Quick Tip: Adjust your selection size

When you have made a selection in Photoshop, you can easily make that selection a few pixels larger of smaller by choosing Select > Modify. To make your selection bigger choose Expand, to make the selection smaller, choose Contract. It works best if you Expand or Contract by only a small number of pixels at a time (i.e. 4 or 5 pixels at most). Otherwise the edges of the selection won’t stay sharp, they have a tendency to look quite bumpy.